Firefighters in China blasted a water cannon at a woman trying to jump from her building to coax her back in

People’s Daily/TwitterFirefighters blasted water at a woman who was trying to jump from her building in Weizhou, China, on Wednesday. The man on the left of the photo is a firefighter trying to coax her back inside.

A woman in China was trying to jump from her fourth-floor apartment this week, the state-run People’s Daily newspaper reported.

Firefighters tried to persuade her back inside for 30 minutes, but to no avail, local authorities said. One firefighter even dangled out of the window next to her to coax her in.

So they blasted a water cannon at her, and she ended up going back inside.

Firefighters in China blasted a water cannon at a woman who was trying to jump off her building to coax her back inside.

A video posted on Friday by the state-run People’s Daily newspaper showed a stream of water being sprayed at the woman, who the outlet says was straddling her fourth-floor window frame and trying to jump out.

This took place on Wednesday in the city of Wenzhou, eastern China, according to the newspaper. It is not clear why she was trying to jump.

Watch the video below:

WATCH: Firefighters use a powerful fire hose to push a suicidal woman who was attempting to jump out a window back inside her apartment in Wenzhou, E China's Zhejiang province pic.twitter.com/yJuNmoe2kB